1. 1.Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. 2.He was an inventor. 3.He invented the gas mask and traffic light. 4.Garrett Morgan died in 1963. 5.Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google Images

2. 1.Jesse Owens was born in the year 1913 2.He was an American track and field 3.He set 7 world records and won 4 gold medals in the 1936 summer Olympics 4.Jesse Owens died in 1980. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images

3. 1.Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky in the year 1942. 2. He is a famous heavy weight boxer. 3. Muhammad Ali’s real name is Cassius Clay, but changed his name when he changed his religion. 4.He is still alive and is 73 years old. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images

4. 1.Rosa Louise Parks was born in 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. 2.Rosa Louise Parks was an African American woman who fought to gain equal rights 3.She wouldn’t give up her seat on a bus to a white man and was arrested. 4.Rosa died on Oct. 24, 2005. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images

5. 1. He was born in Missouri, he was born in the year 1864. 2. He was famous for his research on soil and crops. 3. He made more than 300 products from peanuts. 4. He died on the year of 1943. 5. Bibliography www.worldbookonline.com and google images.

6. 1. Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in the year 1919. 2. He was a very good baseball player, the first African American in the major leagues. 2. He starred in 4 sports in college 4. He died in 1972, but if he was still alive today he would be 97 years old 5. Bibliography www.worldbookonline.com and Google Images

7. 1. He was an American singer song writer, band leader and pianist 2. He went blind when he was 7 years old 3. He died in 2004 4. He was born in 1930 in Albany, Georgia. 5. Bibliography: www.Worldbookonline.com and Google Images

8. By. Daniel Hillman Michael Jackson 1.Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in the year 1958. 2.He was a famous singer, dancer and song writer. 3.He made the worlds best selling album, it was called Thriller. 4.He died in 2009. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline and Google Images

9. 1. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa in the year 1897. 2. She was a famous opera singer. 3. She learned how to sing in Europe. 4. She died in the year 1993. 5. Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com google images.

10. By: Alex Sivak 1. Hank Aaron was born in 1934 in Mobile, Alabama. 2. He received the 1976 Spingarn Medal, an award give each year to an outstanding African American. 3. He was a major baseball player. He broke Babe Ruth’s homerun record. 4. He is 81 years old. 5. Bibliography www.worldbookonline.com and google images

11. 1. Guion Bluford was born in Philadelphia, P.A in the year, 1942. 2. He was famous for being the first African American to travel to space. 3. He entered air force in 1964. He began training to become an astronaut in 1978. 4. He is 73years old. 5. Bibliography: www.world book online and google images

12. By Elena Blowitski 1.Wilma Rudolph was born in Bethlehem Tennessee in the year 1940. 2.She was a famous runner in 1960 Olympics Games she became the first American woman to win three gold medals. 3.She couldn’t walk until she was 11 because she was sick 4.The year she died is 1994. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images

13. 1. Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas in the year 1892. 2.She was the first African American woman to be licensed as a pilot. 3.She earned her pilots licensed in 1921. 4.Bessie Coleman died on April 30, 1926. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images

14. 1.Madam C.J. Walker was born in Delta, Louisiana in the year 1867. 2. She was the first African American woman to become super rich by selling makeup and hair products to other African American women. 3.She trained woman how to start their own business. 4.Madam C.J. Walker died in 1919. 5.Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google Images

15. 1.Althea Gibson was born in Silver, South Carolina in the year 1927. 2.She was one of the leading women tennis player. 3.She was famous for tennis. But also became a pro golfer. 4.She died in 2003. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and google images

16. 1.Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama in the year 1956. 2.She is an American Doctor who became an astronaut. 3.She performed scientific experiments while in space 4.She is 59 years old. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images

17. 1.Satchel Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1906. 2. He was famous for baseball. 3. He was a pitcher. 4. He is in the baseball hall of fame. 5. Bibliography www. Worldbookonline.com and google Images.

18. 1.Ruby Bridges was born on Sept. 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. 2.She was the first black child to go to an all white public school. 3.Her parents agreed to send her because it was a better school and closer to her home. 4.Ruby is still alive today and is 61 years old. 5.Bibliography: Worldbookonline.com and Google Images

19. 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in the year 1929. 2.He taught people how to be nice to others no matter what color their skin was. 3.Sadly, Dr. King died in 1968. 4.He was assassinated. 5.Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google Images

20. 1. Harriet Tubman was born in Bucktown, Maryland in the year 1820. 2. She was a American woman who helped hundreds of slaves escape from freedom though the underground railroad. 3. She helped free more than 750 slaves. 4. Harriet Tubman died in the year 1913. 5. Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google I mages

21. 1.Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi in the year 1954. 2.She was a American television producer, actress and business woman. 3.She started a talk show in 1984. 4.She is 61 years old. 5.Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google Images

22. 1.Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in the year 1961. 2.He is the first African American President of the United States. 3.In the African language, his name means blessing 4.Barack Obama is 54 years old. 5.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images